Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAs much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
Borrowed from Latin pugillus, pugillum (“a fistful”), akin to pugnus (“the fist”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Borrowed-form mentionpugillusla
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "bor",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "pugillus"
},
"expansion": "Latin pugillus"
}
],
"links": [
[
"pugillus",
"pugillus#Latin"
],
[
"pugillum",
"pugillum#Latin"
],
[
"pugnus",
"pugnus#Latin"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch."
],
"tags": [
"also",
"figuratively",
"obsolete"
],
"recordId": "cf5b901ca563c1325742ab44ab8bf48d4a0aef36e8c02848cd49c19eb609bffd",
"rawRecordSha256": "8f01806e67d7e9cb70dfb1ce9909986eb529da22df8e34c57fe46c848b8d8fea",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 1972855
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 0,
"glosses": 0
}
}